64 - Disrupting an industry for good with Adam McCurdie, Co-Founder of Humanitix

Season #1 Episode #64

Adam McCurdie was an engineer and mathematician, consulting for an IT company creating solutions for other reasons and wanted find a way to disrupt the ticketing industry and create a social impact for good. Founders, Adam McCurdie and Joshua Ross founded Humanitix in 2015 to transform the events ticketing industry into a force for good and make events accessible to everyone, particularly those with disabilities who are often marginalised from community participation. Humanitix is the first not-for-profit ticketing platform in the world to redirect its share of the billions of dollars in event booking fees to solve social challenges including poverty, disadvantage and education gaps. The platform is economic and unique in model, allowing Humanitix to invest grant funds wholly into charitable projects, yet still being able to scale its operations to support even more projects with sustainable revenue generated by ticketed events. Humanitix is passionate about ensuring every child has the right to an education and the opportunity to reach their potential. With the support of your vote, Humanitix pledges to support over 1 Million disadvantaged children every year through tutoring, literacy programs, scholarships and meals. Follow the journey #Humanitix1Million Humanitix was recently announced as a Winner of the Google Impact Challenge and will share will receive a share of $5.5 million in grant funding as they continue to help create better futures for all Australians. We talked all about the journey and so much more;
  • Creating a compelling way to give back at the same time as being commercial
  • The importance of nurturing relationships
  • Just try and learn along the way
  • Being comfortable with change
  • The value of surrounding yourself with good people
  • The power of persistence
  • Developing culture as you grow as a startup
  • You cannot rely on just being ethical
  • Dealing with issues with team members as they arise
https://www.humanitix.com/ https://www.atlassian.com/company/foundation
The book Adam mentioned was Homo Deus from Yuval Noah Harari